The historical crimes and criminals podcast

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 20m. Bisher sind 116 Folge(n) erschienen. Jede Woche gibt es eine neue Folge dieses Podcasts.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 17 hours 11 minutes

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episode 13: The Brighton Quickie


In English Law during the 1920s and 30s gaining a Divorce wasn't easy, but a technique was devised to secure one. It became known as a Brighton Quickie


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episode 12: Prostitution in 1960's London


In the 1960's a book was published which took a sideways glance at London life. One of the area's it looked at was the life of Prostitutes in their many varied forms.


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 February 17, 2024  40m
 
 

episode 11: The Crown V Collins


England in 1971 saw an 19 year old man convicted of Burglary with intent to commit rape on an 18 year old woman. The case and subsequent appeal has been studied and debated by students of Law ever since.



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 January 29, 2024  30m
 
 

Samuel Pepys and his Women.


Samuel Pepys Diaries give us an insight to Daily life through the early Restoration period and he documents life during a Plague and the Great Fire of London....but his Diaries also contain his accounts of his sexual activities and they paint a picture of what we would now view as a Sexual predator.



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 January 3, 2024  35m
 
 

episode 9: A Present in the Post


Merry Christmas dear listeners and as is now custom we have a fictional Christmas crime story.

This year its Cyril Hare's 1949 short story about a man who is being Blackmailed and is determined to find and gain revenge on his Blackmailer.



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 December 25, 2023  26m
 
 

episode 8: The Trial Of Kitty Byron


The Old Bailey in 1902 saw the trial of a woman accused of killing her lover. She did it in plain sight and we follow the trial transcripts and witnesses who proved her guilty of Murder.



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 December 8, 2023  46m
 
 

episode 7: The US Nazi Spy Ring


Just a few days after the US entered into WW2 a German Spy network of 33 Spies were tried and sentenced to combination of over 300 years in Prison.


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 November 22, 2023  25m
 
 

episode 6: Jack Sheppard


Jack Sheppard was one of the most famous criminals of 18th Century London. But it is not for his criminal exploits is he best known, but for his numerous Escapes.


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 November 10, 2023  28m
 
 

episode 5: A Footballing Scandal


In 1964 a footballing match fixing and betting scandal was uncovered in the UK. Football fans were appalled at such corruption in their beloved sport.



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 October 20, 2023  14m
 
 

episode 4: The Lottery


After the last Battle on British soil at Culloden in 1746, the British Government had a huge amount of Prisoners held in Prison waiting for trial. They came up with a unique way to deal with this problem.


Shirley Jackson's magnificent short story, The Lotteryhttps://youtu...


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 September 25, 2023  16m